Sun challenges Microsoft's hold over software
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Sun Microsystems Inc is developing an Intel-compatible variant of Unix, to be released in the middle of 1992. Sun's software currently only runs on SPARC-based machines. Sun will compete directly with software giant Microsoft Corp, which is preparing its own Windows NT product, also scheduled for release in 1992. Both Sun and Microsoft have been exemplary successes in the computer industry, doing well and growing steadily. In recent years, Sun has repeatedly asked Microsoft to write applications that would run on Sun's hardware, but Microsoft has always refused, saying Sun's volumes are not large enough. Industry analysts are doubtful about the prospects of Sun's move into operating systems. Operating system software is critical: a user's choice of an operating system determines consequent choices involving applications and microprocessors.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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HP is building a gadget to make TVs interactive
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Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) plans to introduce a device that allows 'interactive television' from the home. The device, expected late in 1992, will consist of a control box and a remote controller that is similar to a video-game joystick. HP will cooperate with TV Answer Inc, Reston, VA, which will manufacture and market the new product. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated spectrum for interactive TV in Jan 1991, and the FCC now plans to award 1,468 licenses in 734 service areas throughout the US. TV Answer will try to create a network of licensees linked via satellite. HP says the hardware for an interactive system will probably cost about $700. TV Answer will charge customers for the service, either with a monthly fee or with a transaction fee, or with both.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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